Zack Whittaker reports: Ukrainian hackers and security researchers say bug bounty platform HackerOne is withholding their bug bounty rewards, in some cases thousands of dollars, and refusing to let hackers withdraw their earnings. Several hackers and researchers with affected HackerOne accounts said in tweets that HackerOne is blocking payouts, citing economic sanctions and export controls…
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Twitter creates Tor onion site for those encountering censorship of its clear net site
Waqas reports: While Russia is blocking and banning social media platforms in the wake of its attack on Ukraine, Twitter has announced to launch Tor Onion Service to allow users continued access to the site. Simply put: you can now access Twitter on dark web without the need of using VPN although it is advised to use…
Ukrainian Cyberpolice recruit help fighting Russia
None of the press email addresses for the Ukrainian cyberpolice have been working, so I’ll just post a notice from them here. I had reached out to them to ask them if they had tried directly recruiting those who they have arrested in the past, such as those affiliated with Clop. I’ve also sent an…
Iranian Government-Sponsored Actors Conduct Cyber Operations Against Global Government and Commercial Networks
From a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory (TLP:White): SUMMARY The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the U.S. CyberCommand Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSCUK) have observed a group of Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, known as MuddyWater, conducting cyber espionage…
This site’s new “No help for you” policy
From the “Yes-I’m-grumpy-but-you-earned-it Department:” Over the years, mainstream journalists have reached out to me for information related to breach stories they were developing, and I generally tried to help them. In some cases, that might involve a few phone calls. In other cases, it might be an hour or more of my time on the…
DeepDotWeb Administrator Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Money Laundering Scheme
Defendants Received Over $8 Million in Kickbacks from Purchases of Contraband on Darknet Marketplaces An Israeli national was sentenced yesterday to 97 months in prison for operating DeepDotWeb (DDW), a website that connected internet users with Darknet marketplaces, where they purchased illegal firearms, malware and hacking tools, stolen financial data, heroin, fentanyl and other illicit…